Opportunity for medicinal chemist in #DrugDiscovery #AI at Novartis (Cambridge MA USA) ref: REQ-10025404 #MedChem #cheminformatics #ML #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
www.novartis.com/careers/care...
www.novartis.com/careers/care...
US Lead, AI for Discovery Chemistry (AI4D)
Internal Position Title: DirectorPosition location: Cambridge, MA, onsiteAbout the Role:Novartis is seeking an experienced medicinal chemist to lead our AI for Discovery Chemistry (AI4D) team for th...
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November 21, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Opportunity for medicinal chemist in #DrugDiscovery #AI at Novartis (Cambridge MA USA) ref: REQ-10025404 #MedChem #cheminformatics #ML #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
www.novartis.com/careers/care...
www.novartis.com/careers/care...
Artificial intelligence for development (AI4D): A contested notion. New paper by Sophie Toupin and Roda Siad published in special issue on Datafied Development that Amir Anwar, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @posada.website and I are editing for Big Data & Society
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Artificial intelligence for development (AI4D): A contested notion. New paper by Sophie Toupin and Roda Siad published in special issue on Datafied Development that Amir Anwar, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @posada.website and I are editing for Big Data & Society
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reporting from the Mediterranean coast! 🌊
We’re at the AI4D conference in Barcelona, where donors, tech founders, and humanitarian leaders are gathering to tackle the biggest questions surrounding AI and global development, including ensuring this tech doesn't widen the digital divide.
We’re at the AI4D conference in Barcelona, where donors, tech founders, and humanitarian leaders are gathering to tackle the biggest questions surrounding AI and global development, including ensuring this tech doesn't widen the digital divide.
September 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Reporting from the Mediterranean coast! 🌊
We’re at the AI4D conference in Barcelona, where donors, tech founders, and humanitarian leaders are gathering to tackle the biggest questions surrounding AI and global development, including ensuring this tech doesn't widen the digital divide.
We’re at the AI4D conference in Barcelona, where donors, tech founders, and humanitarian leaders are gathering to tackle the biggest questions surrounding AI and global development, including ensuring this tech doesn't widen the digital divide.
Don't Use AI in International Development or Humanitarian work until these ten social justice issues have been fixed. My new blog for @IDS_UK #globaldev #humanitarianaid
#ict4d #digitalrights #ResponsibleAI #aiforgood #AI4D www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ten...
#ict4d #digitalrights #ResponsibleAI #aiforgood #AI4D www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ten...
Ten reasons not to use AI for development and ten routes to more responsible use - Institute of Development Studies
The UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer says we should be mainlining AI directly into every part of government and the economy. The Foreign Secretary says he is planning to bring ‘AI into the heart of our ...
www.ids.ac.uk
January 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Don't Use AI in International Development or Humanitarian work until these ten social justice issues have been fixed. My new blog for @IDS_UK #globaldev #humanitarianaid
#ict4d #digitalrights #ResponsibleAI #aiforgood #AI4D www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ten...
#ict4d #digitalrights #ResponsibleAI #aiforgood #AI4D www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ten...
- Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D): A Contested Notion [Research Article]
- Uninvited Protagonists: The Networked Agency of Venezuelan Platform Data Workers [Research Article]
- ID System Challenges for Refugees in Kenya [Research Report]
- Uninvited Protagonists: The Networked Agency of Venezuelan Platform Data Workers [Research Article]
- ID System Challenges for Refugees in Kenya [Research Report]
May 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
- Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D): A Contested Notion [Research Article]
- Uninvited Protagonists: The Networked Agency of Venezuelan Platform Data Workers [Research Article]
- ID System Challenges for Refugees in Kenya [Research Report]
- Uninvited Protagonists: The Networked Agency of Venezuelan Platform Data Workers [Research Article]
- ID System Challenges for Refugees in Kenya [Research Report]
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November 27, 2024 at 1:03 PM
AI can transform Africa’s future – but only if IP law keeps pace. Open AIR researchers have secured funding from the IDRC to reimagine AI & IP governance for inclusive innovation. #AI4D
Read more: bit.ly/4olSPRn
Read more: bit.ly/4olSPRn
October 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
AI can transform Africa’s future – but only if IP law keeps pace. Open AIR researchers have secured funding from the IDRC to reimagine AI & IP governance for inclusive innovation. #AI4D
Read more: bit.ly/4olSPRn
Read more: bit.ly/4olSPRn
Short video explainer on a new #AI4D value chain and ecosystem model
For AI researchers, policy-makers and strategists
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For AI researchers, policy-makers and strategists
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Constructing an AI Value Chain and Ecosystem Model
YouTube video by CDDManchester
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November 28, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Short video explainer on a new #AI4D value chain and ecosystem model
For AI researchers, policy-makers and strategists
youtu.be/g2qRWaVhedI
For AI researchers, policy-makers and strategists
youtu.be/g2qRWaVhedI
Thrilled to finally share our latest project. The www.ai4d.ai website is built using @svelte.dev and @sanity.io.
Artificial Intelligence for Development
Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) is a programme that aims to foster safe, inclusive and responsible AI ecosystems that empower people and accelerate progress on challenges in internation...
www.ai4d.ai
February 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Thrilled to finally share our latest project. The www.ai4d.ai website is built using @svelte.dev and @sanity.io.
2025 AI for Development (AI4D) conference kicks off today in Barcelona. #AIforGood #SDGs #GlobalGoals
https://www.ai4development.ai/
https://www.ai4development.ai/
DevelopMetrics - AI for Development (AI4D) 2025
The "AI for Development Summit" examines how artificial intelligence can be utilized to advance development goals and tackle global challenges. The event gathers experts, practitioners, and policymakers to explore AI-driven solutions that support sustainable development, enhance public ser
www.ai4development.ai
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
2025 AI for Development (AI4D) conference kicks off today in Barcelona. #AIforGood #SDGs #GlobalGoals
https://www.ai4development.ai/
https://www.ai4development.ai/
Once again vulnerable communities are hit hardest by tech advances. Will AI benefits outweigh costs? Good question for AI4D conference participants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/technology/ai-data-center-backlash-mexico-ireland.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/technology/ai-data-center-backlash-mexico-ireland.html
AI Data Centers Create Fury From Mexico to Ireland
As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Once again vulnerable communities are hit hardest by tech advances. Will AI benefits outweigh costs? Good question for AI4D conference participants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/technology/ai-data-center-backlash-mexico-ireland.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/technology/ai-data-center-backlash-mexico-ireland.html
🌍 Exciting opportunities for #Africans: #Fellowships (Elevate Africa, Kofi Annan, EJS Amujae), #internships (AU, IFC), #scholarships (Wageningen, AI4D, Global African Studies), and #funding (KPMG Female Founders, AfDB Climate Action). Apply now via bit.ly/497qtnj
Fully-Funded Opportunities for Africans: Apply Now or Share! ✨ (Scholarships, Fellowships, Conferences, Mentoring, Trainings, Grants, Jobs, Intern)
Explore these exciting opportunities designed to empower African professionals, researchers, and innovators across various sectors. Don’t miss the chance to apply for programs, internships, scholarshi...
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November 24, 2024 at 4:55 PM
🌍 Exciting opportunities for #Africans: #Fellowships (Elevate Africa, Kofi Annan, EJS Amujae), #internships (AU, IFC), #scholarships (Wageningen, AI4D, Global African Studies), and #funding (KPMG Female Founders, AfDB Climate Action). Apply now via bit.ly/497qtnj
Great recap from Devex of the AI4D conference. Read more about the importance of AI literacy, access & localization in AI development. #AIforGood
https://www.devex.com/news/how-the-development-sector-is-finding-its-own-way-with-ai-111167
https://www.devex.com/news/how-the-development-sector-is-finding-its-own-way-with-ai-111167
October 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Great recap from Devex of the AI4D conference. Read more about the importance of AI literacy, access & localization in AI development. #AIforGood
https://www.devex.com/news/how-the-development-sector-is-finding-its-own-way-with-ai-111167
https://www.devex.com/news/how-the-development-sector-is-finding-its-own-way-with-ai-111167
How is AI transforming global development?
We are on the ground at the 2025 AI for Development (AI4D) conference in Barcelona to find out how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the sector and the opportunities it creates to achieve global development goals.
#AI4D2025 #globaldevelopment
We are on the ground at the 2025 AI for Development (AI4D) conference in Barcelona to find out how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the sector and the opportunities it creates to achieve global development goals.
#AI4D2025 #globaldevelopment
October 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
How is AI transforming global development?
We are on the ground at the 2025 AI for Development (AI4D) conference in Barcelona to find out how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the sector and the opportunities it creates to achieve global development goals.
#AI4D2025 #globaldevelopment
We are on the ground at the 2025 AI for Development (AI4D) conference in Barcelona to find out how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the sector and the opportunities it creates to achieve global development goals.
#AI4D2025 #globaldevelopment
Instead of big #AI breakthroughs, speakers at the #AI4D conference emphasized small, measurable pilots with clearly defined triggers for outcomes and funding paths.
Devex Honesty Pern #AIforGood
https://www.devex.com/news/how-the-development-sector-is-finding-its-own-way-with-ai-111167
Devex Honesty Pern #AIforGood
https://www.devex.com/news/how-the-development-sector-is-finding-its-own-way-with-ai-111167
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Instead of big #AI breakthroughs, speakers at the #AI4D conference emphasized small, measurable pilots with clearly defined triggers for outcomes and funding paths.
Devex Honesty Pern #AIforGood
https://www.devex.com/news/how-the-development-sector-is-finding-its-own-way-with-ai-111167
Devex Honesty Pern #AIforGood
https://www.devex.com/news/how-the-development-sector-is-finding-its-own-way-with-ai-111167
One-year funding cycles to design a custom AI chatbot are not going to work, development practitioners warn at AI4D.
As AI races ahead, global development wants to catch up
As AI races ahead, global development wants to catch up
www.devex.com
September 18, 2026 at 5:43 AM
One-year funding cycles to design a custom AI chatbot are not going to work, development practitioners warn at AI4D.
One-year funding cycles to design a custom AI chatbot are not going to work, development practitioners warn at AI4D.
As AI races ahead, global development wants to catch up — sustainably
As AI races ahead, global development wants to catch up — sustainably
www.devex.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:02 AM
One-year funding cycles to design a custom AI chatbot are not going to work, development practitioners warn at AI4D.
Methodologies for Positive Digital Development: Appreciative Inquiry
Positive digital development calls for approaches that start from strengths rather than problems. This post introduces Appreciative Inquiry and its 4-D cycle, Discovery, Dream, Design and Destiny, as one way to put that idea into…
Positive digital development calls for approaches that start from strengths rather than problems. This post introduces Appreciative Inquiry and its 4-D cycle, Discovery, Dream, Design and Destiny, as one way to put that idea into…
Methodologies for Positive Digital Development: Appreciative Inquiry
Positive digital development calls for approaches that start from strengths rather than problems. This post introduces Appreciative Inquiry and its 4-D cycle, Discovery, Dream, Design and Destiny, as one way to put that idea into practice, sketching examples for digital inclusion, public services, AI4D and platform work.
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July 23, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Methodologies for Positive Digital Development: Appreciative Inquiry
Positive digital development calls for approaches that start from strengths rather than problems. This post introduces Appreciative Inquiry and its 4-D cycle, Discovery, Dream, Design and Destiny, as one way to put that idea into…
Positive digital development calls for approaches that start from strengths rather than problems. This post introduces Appreciative Inquiry and its 4-D cycle, Discovery, Dream, Design and Destiny, as one way to put that idea into…
🌍 Day 2 at AI for Good in Geneva!
Our Director, Prof Jude Kong joined discussions on how AI is reshaping higher education, research, skills development and the future workforce.
🤝 The day also brought a chance to reconnect with the AI4D community, IDRC and FCDO colleagues.
Our Director, Prof Jude Kong joined discussions on how AI is reshaping higher education, research, skills development and the future workforce.
🤝 The day also brought a chance to reconnect with the AI4D community, IDRC and FCDO colleagues.
July 8, 2026 at 8:53 AM
🌍 Day 2 at AI for Good in Geneva!
Our Director, Prof Jude Kong joined discussions on how AI is reshaping higher education, research, skills development and the future workforce.
🤝 The day also brought a chance to reconnect with the AI4D community, IDRC and FCDO colleagues.
Our Director, Prof Jude Kong joined discussions on how AI is reshaping higher education, research, skills development and the future workforce.
🤝 The day also brought a chance to reconnect with the AI4D community, IDRC and FCDO colleagues.
With the Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) community, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office colleagues at the AI for Good Summit! Great catching up and meeting other AI4D colleagues.
July 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
With the Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) community, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office colleagues at the AI for Good Summit! Great catching up and meeting other AI4D colleagues.
The term AI for development "tends to obscure the embrace of techno-economic dominance to bring about socio-economic “progress,” the western hegemony on AI4D, the environmental degradation caused by AI, and the invisible exploitation of gig workers" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Artificial intelligence for development (AI4D): A contested notion - Sophie Toupin, Roda Siad, 2025
Recently, the notion of artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) has been mobilized by various actors in the global South and North. We identify five anal...
journals.sagepub.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The term AI for development "tends to obscure the embrace of techno-economic dominance to bring about socio-economic “progress,” the western hegemony on AI4D, the environmental degradation caused by AI, and the invisible exploitation of gig workers" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Big news!
Open AIR researchers have secured CAD 750K from the IDRC & UK's FCDO for a new project: Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa through IP Innovation.
Read more: openair.africa/open-air-awa...
#OpenAIR #AI4D #AIandIP #InnovationInAfrica
Open AIR researchers have secured CAD 750K from the IDRC & UK's FCDO for a new project: Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa through IP Innovation.
Read more: openair.africa/open-air-awa...
#OpenAIR #AI4D #AIandIP #InnovationInAfrica
Open AIR Awarded CAD 750,000 to Transform Artificial Intelligence Related Intellectual Property Law and Policy in Africa
Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded almost CAD 750,000 for a new three-year research project, Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa through Intelle...
openair.africa
October 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Big news!
Open AIR researchers have secured CAD 750K from the IDRC & UK's FCDO for a new project: Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa through IP Innovation.
Read more: openair.africa/open-air-awa...
#OpenAIR #AI4D #AIandIP #InnovationInAfrica
Open AIR researchers have secured CAD 750K from the IDRC & UK's FCDO for a new project: Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa through IP Innovation.
Read more: openair.africa/open-air-awa...
#OpenAIR #AI4D #AIandIP #InnovationInAfrica
Why Does AI4D Ignore Billions of People in the Global South?
I've been tracking the artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) conversation for years, and I have to call out what's become an increasingly troubling pattern: we've reduced the entire Global South to just one continent. A recent…
I've been tracking the artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) conversation for years, and I have to call out what's become an increasingly troubling pattern: we've reduced the entire Global South to just one continent. A recent…
Why Does AI4D Ignore Billions of People in the Global South?
I've been tracking the artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) conversation for years, and I have to call out what's become an increasingly troubling pattern: we've reduced the entire Global South to just one continent. A recent comprehensive analysis by researchers Sophie Toupin and Roda Siad confirms what I've observed firsthand—despite AI4D supposedly addressing challenges across the Global South, …
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February 26, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Why Does AI4D Ignore Billions of People in the Global South?
I've been tracking the artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) conversation for years, and I have to call out what's become an increasingly troubling pattern: we've reduced the entire Global South to just one continent. A recent…
I've been tracking the artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) conversation for years, and I have to call out what's become an increasingly troubling pattern: we've reduced the entire Global South to just one continent. A recent…
#AI4D #DigitalEconomy #DigitalInclusion #DigitalTransformation #TwinTransition:
New #ICT4D research outputs from Centre for Digital Development researchers, University of Manchester:
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New #ICT4D research outputs from Centre for Digital Development researchers, University of Manchester:
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AI4D, Digital Economy, Inclusion, Transformation, Twin Transition: New Research Outputs from CDD, Manchester
Recent outputs on AI4D; Digital economy; Digital inclusion; Digital transformation; Twin transition – from Centre for Digital Development researchers, University of Manchester AI-for-Development Co…
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November 19, 2024 at 10:53 AM
#AI4D #DigitalEconomy #DigitalInclusion #DigitalTransformation #TwinTransition:
New #ICT4D research outputs from Centre for Digital Development researchers, University of Manchester:
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New #ICT4D research outputs from Centre for Digital Development researchers, University of Manchester:
ict4dblog.wordpress....